More liberal media bias (or how to create a fake momentum)

[Mass]

It is always amusing to see how the media are pushing their narrative despite facts. We have seen that in MA, where the media have tried to show several races (in particular Frank's in MA04) closer than they are in reality. The latest version is that the governor's race is a toss up and that Baker's crowds are growing up.

The Boston Globe gave us today another installment of this narrative (and remember that the Globe is supposedly the more liberal leaning paper in Boston. Their article describes the two homecoming rallies for the two candidates, Deval Patrick (D)m and Charlie Baker (R). And
Here is how they describe them.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2010/11/02/with_a_furious_finish_candidates_reach_for_every_last_vote/

After a long final day of politicking, Patrick arrived at the Milton Hoosic Club, the very place near his Milton home where he gathered supporters on election eve four years ago, to an emotional reception from friends, neighbors, and longtime backers.

“Tonight is personal,’’ Patrick, who was joined by his wife and two daughters, said in a hushed voice. “It’s been a long campaign. It’s been an extraordinary four years — incredible highs, incredible lows.
...
Baker drew hundreds of supporters to a Swampscott baseball diamond, recounting his decision 15 months ago to give up a comfortable private life for the rigors of the campaign.
...

Nice description for Patrick, but no clue how many people were there (apparently the room holds 230 people). I jumped when I read hundreds of supporters, because I had read other reports of the event and I knew it was on the order of 200 people. So, I googled it and sure enough:

http://www.itemlive.com/articles/2010/11/02/news/news01.txt

A crowd of about 250 people, many of whom were neighbors and friends of the candidate, turned out for the rally to give the Republican challenger to incumbent Gov. Deval Patrick one final show of support.

Now, I know that technically, this is correct: 2 = several, but this is how some papers have been using these techniques to push the idea of a surge, while rallies with numbers continued to give small crowds for Baker (not saying Patrick's were bigger, but Patrick's events were in close quarters, and did not include rock-stars like Scott Brown and Curt Schilling).

And this is the Globe.

[chelsea0011]

1. WCVB (Scott Brown's wifes' former station) did a live shot from Swampscott

on Monday AM with the news "reporter" broadcasting that after all this campaigning, Charlie Baker is "coming home tonight". I Laughed my ass off. They were reporting like he had been in Iraq for the last year. And the Schilling thing is funny. We all know Schilling is a big time republicant but I would have loved to have a reporter ask Baker if the state of Massachusetts was wrong not to give Schilling's start-up gaming company the 71 million he was trying to shake down Massachusetts for. He moved his company to Rhode Island when Mass. said thanks, but no thanks. Baker who wants to cut everything would have created a funny moment when he would sit there stone-faced. But the media would never put him on the spot.

[Mass]

2. The MA reporting this year has been below any standard. I dont watch WCVB, but I normally watch WHDH

and their reporting is incredibly annoying. They will do all they can to try to show something exciting when there is nothing to see.

[Mass]

3. Seems the day will be long and hard for the media. Springfield Republican publishes

A Baker PR saying that in one ward in Boston, there is a supposed advantage to Baker because a TV commentator said so. (Can somebody tell me if this ward is a Republican leaning ward, but, in any case, they are grasping to straws).

http://blog.masslive.com/campaign_dispatches/2010/11/baker_camp_sees_hope_in_early_boston_vote.html

[Supersedeas]

4. If only the left would shut up and get out of the way of the Corporate Media

the partisan bickering is tiresome to the Corporate Comedians